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Cans of LaCroix flavored sparkling water. Last week, a federal judge in Chicago ruled the company that makes LaCroix failed to substantiate claims it made in a motion for sanctions filed against a woman and her lawyers who contested LaCroix’s “all-natural” branding in a proposed class-action lawsuit. – Marc Karlinsky

Judge declines sanctions in LaCroix water suit

A federal judge declined to sanction a woman and her lawyers for pursuing what the maker of LaCroix Sparkling Water maintains is a smear campaign.
By Patricia Manson
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Boats ‘operate’ on federal water, sinking city’s bid for tax revenue

The city can’t dock a boat tour company nearly $3.3 million for unpaid taxes, a state appeals court found.
By Andrew Maloney
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Jury finds for crane maker in product-liability suit

A Cook County jury rendered a defense verdict in favor of a crane manufacturer after a civil engineer sustained several injuries in 2014 when a one-ton jib extension fell from a crane and struck him.
By Jordyn Reiland

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Skepticism gives way to court trust in 'dropsy' case

Joining the important debate about how to view police testimony in a “dropsy” case, the Illinois Appellate Court — despite “serious reservations about the plausibility of a suspect openly discarding contraband with knowledge of police presence” — affirmed DeAngelo Campbell’s one-year prison sentence for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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From left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Chief Justice John Roberts participate in a moment of silence during a private ceremony in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday morning, where the late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens lies in repose.
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Stevens praised as ‘brilliant man’ at SCOTUS ceremony
A worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle in March. Boeing said Thursday it will take a $4.9 billion charge to cover possible compensation to airlines whose Max jets remain grounded after two deadly accidents. The charge does not include amounts Boeing may pay in dozens of lawsuits filed by families of crash victims. Boeing this week hired a victims-compensation expert to oversee a $50 million relief fund separate from the lawsuits.
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Boeing to take $4.9B charge over 737 Max
Mary Anne Mason, a justice on the 1st District Appellate Court bench since 2013, will retire from the judiciary next week. She’s pictured in her chambers on Tuesday.
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After 19 years, Justice Mason retiring from bench
Former U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens (right) holds up a flag gifted to him by the Chicago Cubs organization at The Chicago Bar Association’s Stevens Awards luncheon in September 2016. The flag flew over the Wrigley Field to commemorate the Cubs’ 1932 pennant. Stevens attended the World Series that year, where the Cubs were swept in four games by the New York Yankees. He was joined in the photo by then-CBA president Daniel M. Kotin (left) and Michael A. Lufrano, chief legal officer for the Cubs. Stevens died on Tuesday at age 99.
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Chicago legal community recalls Stevens’ time here
Former U.S. Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens shakes hands with guests at the 2014 Justice John Paul Stevens Awards Luncheon, an annual program hosted by The Chicago Bar Foundation and The Chicago Bar Association since 2000 that recognizes attorneys for their professional service. Stevens died Tuesday in Florida.
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John Paul Stevens, Chicago’s justice, dead at 99